Excitement is stirring the fall air in anticipation of Southern cooking queen Paula Deen’s approaching visit to Brunswick Community College.

The fundraising event, with proceeds to benefit the Foundation at Brunswick Community College, will feature Deen in a meet-and-greet with the public next Saturday, Oct. 15, on BCC’s main campus in Supply.

Deen will be the featured guest at a VIP luncheon and will also entertain, judge and answer questions afterward at a chef’s cook-off at Odell Williamson Auditorium from 1-2 p.m.

For one thing, I’d probably miss the bus, assuming I’d be returning to elementary school.

These days, Brunswick County students in grades K-through-5 literally have to rise before the chickens in order to catch the bus. This means their devoted parents have to awaken even earlier if they hope to raise up those kids right and get them dressed and fed before the big yellow bus swings by well before sunrise o’clock.

BOLIVIA—Though the final selection has yet to be announced, officials say it doesn’t look good for Brunswick County to be home to “Project Soccer.”

Believed to be the German tire manufacturer, Continental Tire, according to Associated Press reports, N.C. Sen. Bill Rabon said Brunswick County’s hopes to be selected as the site were “pretty much over.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congress has temporarily extended The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until Nov. 18.

The program was set to expire Sept. 30, and if the program lapses in November, the National Association of Realtors estimate 1,300 potential real estate closings per day could be delayed or stopped across the country.

On Sept. 26, members of the U.S. Senate passed a temporary extension of the program until Nov. 18 by a 79-to-12-vote margin.

Agents with the Brunswick County Vice Narcotics Unit made several arrests last week. The vice narcotics unit is made up of agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, Shallotte Police Department and Oak Island Police Department.

BOLIVIA—What once starred as Brunswick Community Hospital will have a different starring role in an upcoming feature film.

Brunswick County commissioners on Monday approved a contract with Vertebra Newman Film Co. to use the vacant hospital facility on U.S. 17 in Supply to film “Arthur Newman, Golf Pro,” between Oct. 5 and Oct. 15.

Brunswick County Manager Marty Lawing said the film company agreed to pay the county $2,000 per day of filming at the hospital, and $500 per day for set-up and breakdown of the movie sets.